Candi S. Cross is a publishing consultant, ghostwriter, and story developer with more than 25 years of experience shaping books, brands, and thought leaders into nationally recognized voices. As the founder of You Talk I Write, she has co-developed more than 250 books across memoir, business, leadership, recovery, culture, and narrative nonfiction — many of which have gone on to become national bestsellers and category leaders.

Since serving as a private writer is always an intimate, honorable affair, Candi is praised for both her Southern warHer collaborations include the #2 Wall Street Journal and #99 USA Today bestselling leadership book Arrive and Thrive, the memoir Nobody’s Girl, which reached #3 in Fashion for three consecutive weeks beating out books on Dior, the Cartier family, and the Met Gala, Radical Reinvention by former Vogue and Harper's Bazaar editor Maureen Lippe, which landed on six bestseller lists, multi-platform bestseller for several years straight, Find the Helpers by Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland high school massacre, and Becoming Magic, the powerful memoir by "Hamilton" and "In the Heights" superstar and survivor advocate Antuan Raimone.

Books she has developed have been featured by Forbes Women, Marie Claire, Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg Business, Democracy Now!, and major leadership and academic institutions. Several of her authors have testified before Congress, hold U.S. and international patents, or are internationally known public figures.

Candi works closely with founders, performers, executives, advocates, and public figures to shape their lived experience into powerful, market-ready stories. Whether developing a bestselling book, refining a memoir with cinematic momentum, or adapting a narrative for the stage, her focus is always the same: clarity of voice, strength of story, and work that resonates long after the final page or curtain. She maintains offices in Manhattan and Atlanta and works with clients worldwide.

Claudia Cataldi is a journalist, author, and international correspondent whose voice has echoed through some of the most influential media platforms in Latin America. With a career involving government, media and education, Claudia believes that communication is a bridge, and her mission is to make it human, strategic and transformative. She possesses BAs in Journalism and Advertising, an MS degree in Political Science and International Relations, and an MBA in Marketing. She was a UN fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an alumna of Brazil’s Superior War College. She is currently doing a Ph.D. in Strategic Communications.

With over 30 years of experience in television, Claudia has worked as a reporter, producer, and editor. One of her books was publicly endorsed by the President of Brazil, earning her lifetime seats in literary academies in Brazil, the United States, and Europe. Having lived in Cuba, Mexico, the United States, and across Europe, Claudia speaks fluent English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, and is currently an international correspondent across seven countries. At You Talk I Write, Claudia helps clients elevate their platforms by promoting their books around the globe.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Liza Andrews has lived in South America, Europe, and the United States, which gifted her with a rich multicultural background and a unique voice. A prolific writer and photographer, she has created content across the spectrum of books, magazines, newspapers and screenplays, in English and Portuguese, earning her honorary lifetime seats in academies of arts and letters in Brazil and Portugal. She is the host of The Liza Andrews TV Show, at MNN Network, in New York and a weekly columnist for The Brazilian Times, covering personal and professional development for immigrants living abroad.

Over the past decade, Andrews wrote multiple novels and short stories, which are now being published. Her debut publication was Lunch Break: A Pandemic Era Romantic Suspense. She co-authored the suspense, Facelift, and her novels, The Stranger Behind the Mask and Love Me Before You Die, will soon be available in English. Her genres are suspense, drama and romance, which depict the unexpected, dark sides of regular people. She is currently writing a psychological thriller involving immigration and mental illness.

In 2024, Liza became the director and screenplay curator of the Brazilian Cellphone Film Festival in New York, in partnership with a film director and professor from NYU. Her screenplay, “Mothers in the Field,” won Best Movie in the above category, in Cannes, in 2025. At You Talk I Write, Liza facilitates story development, manuscript analysis, and ghostwrites novels and screenplays in English and Portuguese.

Lene Barbosa is a creative consultant who has collaborated on multiple literary and audiovisual works in South America. Novels include: Virtue (Scortecci Publishers), Labyrinth and Memories of a Former Class (Makina Cultural Publishers). Movies, shorts, animations and TV pilots include: “Storm” (2025), “Survival” (2024), “Isolation” (2021), “Hemingway” (2019), “Error 011101” and “Eight Words” (2018), “Rio Expedition” and “Rocinha Slums” (2017), “Wild Routine” and “Rio in Flames” (2014), “More Doctors: A Cuban Comedy” (2013), “Political Translator” (2013), and "Memories of Bygones” (2012).

These productions were selected in film festivals throughout Central America and South America, and their demos on YouTube amassed 38 million views. At You Talk I Write, Lene is a member of the creative team, and consults on novel and screenplay writing and development.